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Hartan STATES Parlantel OFFICE.

GEORGE fr. JEROME, on NORTH HEMPSTEAENEW YORK.

eineacnn-:MEnim,n;"ieooeas Fon ANIMALS.'

Specificationforming part of Letters Patent No. 10,625, dated November i7, 1863.

To all whom t may concern:

Be. it known that l, GEORGE F. JEROME, of

North Hempstead, "in the county of Queensand State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in ledders for Animals; and I do hereby declare the followingl to be a. full,

clear, and exactl description ofthe said into show the parts more clearly; and Fig. 2 is a plan illustrating the mode of placing the posts in the pasture.

The saine letters refer to like parts. l Agriculturists are learning the disadvantages of so much fencing as is usually-ein-4 ployed, because it is lcost-ly both to construct and keep in repair, and prevents the free cultivation Ot' the surface, causing a large extent ot' unavailable land. The necessity of so much 'fencing is generally urged in consequencc of the necessity for contining cattle to particular fields. lo prevent cattle straying tedders have been employed, generally consisting of ,a rope or chain extending from a. stake inthe ground tothe animals head. 'lhis is not found practically to answer, as the rope or chain laying on the ground often becomes wound up or entangled in the animals legs, and in their efforts to extricate themselves they are often seriously injured.

The nature of iny said invention consists in a tedder rope or chain stretched overhead,

and provided with a weight or spring, so as to yield to the animal that may be connected thereto for preventing injury to such tedderrope, and for taking up any-slack to keep the redder-rope and the halter or leading rope from becoming entangled in the anilnals feet,

4injotherwise, and, combined with such yielding redder-rope, l employ check-bars anda swivel-ring, so that the halter or rope cannot become twisted, and the animal cannot go so nearto the posts snpilorting the tedder-rope as to become entangled in them,and I place-a series ot' said posts at suitable distances apart to receive the tedder-ropes that keep the cattle from straying or coming too near each other when grazing. Thereby thcaniinal is prevented i'romstray in g`,'is always in a position where it can he taken and led away. 'Hencedoes not become so wild' and unmanageahle as when let tomaat-large, and animals can be fed'withotht'requiring any fences for their restraint. Hence the cost of such fences is avoided, and the animals can be confined to. any desired portion ot' the pasture without any risk ot' their getting to the crops.

The iield to housed for pasture is to be divided Oi by any desired number of' posts or rows of posts, which I prefer should be fifty feet apart in one direction and twenty feet apart in the other direction. These posts are' to be sufficiently strong'and higher thanthe animals to be pastured. I have illustrated the'position of these posts a a in Fig. 2. I extend from one post to the next a rope .or chain forming a tedder, and tothis the animal to be pastnred is attached. The said rope is to be sutliciently hight'or the animal to pass beneath it, and to this rope or chain the halter or leading rope or strap is tol be connected. 'It' this rope were tied to the posts 'd a or other pheric changes would cause the same to tight-r `en or to hangl slackly, and it might become entangled in the animal, or he easily broken -by any sudden movement of such animal.

have therefore provided this rope or chain bI with a loop, c, at one end, taking a hook, d, in the post, and passed the other end through a sheave or block, j', and attached a Weight, c. The sheave or block j' may be of any desired character, and is. fixed upon or connected'to the post a, and the weight c is onlysntiicicnt to keep said rope b,out nearly straight. 1t' now the halter or leading rope AIL be. tied in a loop over thisrope I1, or attached to a ring upon the same, so that thel animal in putting lhis head tothe ground 'draws the rope b slightly down, the weight c will always draw u p the said halter as .the head is raised and kepit from beneath the animals feet, and he can feed from `one post to. the next, the halter, loop, or rings sliding on the ro'pe b, and on an area of pasture, the width ot which is regulated by the length to' which the halter and rope b'will extend each si'deof the posts when the weight e is drawn np to its sheave or block. Check bars o'r stops g are introduced through loops or knots, in the rope din such apposition that the animal cannot approach too lnear or point ot' support at both ends, the atmosbecome entangled by passing' around either of.tbe posts u, the ring i' or loo'p on the halter It being` stoppedby said cheek-har rj from sliding; too far. The ring.,r t should be made as a swivel, and lhehalter, leading,r rope, orstrap, fastened to the animal in any convenient way, is io be tied or otherwise connected to this ring'. I'bave shown in Fig. l said halter h as passing' to thenose-ba-nd on a horse; but it maybe attached to the horns ofga cnw or titted in any other convenient way. It will lbe apparent that the animal is not in any wa hindered from feeding with ease because the weight e is only sntiicient. to hold up' the rope or halter ll bythe repel), `and hence an)Y movement ot' the animal is easily allowed in an)r direction within the limit ot' the. length ot' the rope, and if is impossible when properlyY fitted for the tetltlei'tobecoxne entangled. The ranges of posts being` sniiieiently iar yapart to prevent the cattle as they feed com Vinf.r up to each other, all entangling is' prevented, and the animalsean be placed between dit'erent posts each day, so as to't'eed successivel on theditierentparts ofthe field. .Thus the straying of the animals is prevented, the pasture is not trodden d0wn, tl1e animals are always in position when required; fences are dispensed with, and only as many lines, weights, pulleys, and halters are required as there are animals to be pasturedf and the posts can easily 'be taken up and removed or reset when desired. i l

It' desired, a spring might be employed to' take up the slack ofthe rope instead of the weight c.

.The swivel-ring' on the rope b is very bene- .'iicial, as it prevents the halter or leading rope from becoming' twisted. or kinked by the movement ot'the animal, and thereby entangled.

1What I ela-im, andr desire to secure by, Letters Patent, is-

1. An' elevated tedder sustained by posts, so that animals may feed under Vthe same, in combination with aspringor weight bymeans ot which the said tedder is allowed to yield to `the,'movement of the animal or the slack ot' the rope taken up, asspec'itied.

2. ln -eombination with the said yielding'4 teddei,'the stop-bars g, for tbe purposes specitied.

3. In combination with the said `vielding 'tedd'er the swivel sliding ring to receive the leading` ropeor halter, as specitied.

4. A series of posts arranged in rows as speeitied, to receive and sustain the yielding tedder above the animals grazin g, 'or the purposes and as set forth. y

GEORGE F. `J EROMF. Witnesses: LEMUEL W. SERRELL,

THo.s.`GEo. HAROLD. 

